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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>353951</law_id><section_number>21-216</section_number><catch_line>Contracts with counties, cities and towns outside of district</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>21-142</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="58" identifier="21">Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="3">Sanitation Districts Law of 1938 -- Tidal Waters</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="7" identifier="7">Powers and Duties of Counties, Cities and Towns</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any commission, and any <span class="dictionary">county</span>, city or <span class="dictionary">town</span> in whole or in part outside of the <span class="dictionary">district</span>, is authorized to enter into a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> on such terms and conditions as such <span class="dictionary">contract</span> may contain, providing for or relating to the treatment and disposal of sewage or <span class="dictionary">industrial wastes</span> originating in such <span class="dictionary">county</span>, city or <span class="dictionary">town</span>, by means of the <span class="dictionary">sewage disposal system</span> or such other facilities as the commission may determine to provide for such purpose, and such <span class="dictionary">county</span>, city or <span class="dictionary">town</span> is authorized to do everything necessary or proper to carry out and perform every such <span class="dictionary">contract</span> and to provide for the payment or discharge of any obligation thereunder by the same means and in the same manner as any other of its obligations.</p><p>In the event any such <span class="dictionary">contract</span> is entered into in accordance with the provisions of this section, provision shall be made therein whereby the cost of rendering the services herein referred to, to such <span class="dictionary">county</span>, city or <span class="dictionary">town</span>, will be borne by such <span class="dictionary">county</span>, city or <span class="dictionary">town</span>.</p></section></text><history>1938, p. 527; Michie Code 1942, &#xA7; 1560bbb.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
